On the day Jin Yuji regained consciousness, the news of the reconciliation between the Empress Dowager Cisheng and the Supreme Emperor spread throughout Shenyang City. Within ten days, all officials in Liaodong knew about it.
Several large corps stationed around Shenyang entered a state of war preparation at the same time. The official situation in Liaodong changed suddenly. The various factions that had been sitting on the mountain watching the fight between tigers finally jumped out to support the Supreme Emperor.
On the eighth day of September, Ma Shiyingsun, the chief minister, issued an edict in the name of Emperor Taichu. The edict reiterated the fact that the emperor was too young to practice state affairs. In the tone of the little emperor, he hoped that the power of Daqi would still be controlled by the emperor. The matter of pro-government is no longer open to discussion.
The edict was issued from the cabinet and seconded by the Eastern Empress Dowager Yang Qing'er. This event indicated that the most powerful Xungui Group and Houdang (Yang Qing'er's Party) in the court were obedient to the authority of the Supreme Emperor.
After the edict was issued, civil servants and military officers from all over Liaodong came to the court one after another, and the imperial cases were filled with memorials praising the emperor.
Since the Emperor Taichu was still young, since the young emperor was unable to cope with state affairs, since the party had lost power, and since the entire Qi Dynasty could not do without the Supreme Emperor, then it was expected that the Supreme Emperor would assume great power.
However, when such a big commotion was caused, the officials who had forced the palace before could not ignore it.
On September 10th, the Supreme Emperor issued an oral edict and severely rebuked the two chief ministers:
"The government has made mistakes again and again, and is in trouble both internally and externally. All because the cabinet is helpless, and they are the ones to blame. Considering the hard work and merit of these two people, we will spare this time."
Sun Chuanting and Ma Shiying immediately resigned from the position of chief assistant after receiving the decree, but the Emperor rejected it. At present, these messes still need to be cleaned up by someone, so it is not feasible to give up the job like this.
The Supreme Emperor summoned Liu Xingzuo, Zhangdong and others and ordered: "I don't want to implicate too many people. Just live if you can. I will kill a few who are leading the trouble, and the others will not be held accountable."
Zhang Mazi had a shocked expression on his face when he heard this.
Either the Supreme Emperor was slacking off, or his old man's knife was old and could no longer cut.
"Your Majesty, these bitches are plotting to usurp power and seize the throne. Are you going to spare them like this?"
Liu Xingzuo said angrily from the side. As one of the leaders of the Capricorn Guards, he felt more and more threatened by the government and the public against the Supreme Emperor.
Over the years, Emperor Wu Ding implemented the "Qi Dynasty Land Acquisition System" inside and outside the Guan Pass, but he was hampered by a group of officials at every turn, and many policies were deformed when they reached the local level.
For example, in places such as Tianjin, Wei, Shandong and Jining, many former water transport vendors lost their centuries-old livelihood because the canal was abandoned, and they were unwilling to join the chambers of commerce and communes as accounting clerks, so they emptied their fortunes and bribed the civil affairs chambers of commerce along the canal with large sums of money. Officials returned to their old business and engaged in smuggling trade, reselling some materials that were not easily available in the market to wealthy households, such as salt, silk, tea... In addition to arms, these people sold everything. This industry has formed a large-scale underground market in Beizhili. Local officials are well known to everyone, but they continue to prohibit it. Every time the imperial court sends people to inspect, they just catch a few shrimps and crabs and hand them over as scapegoats.
Another example is the Qufu area, where the local Confucian forces are resurgent. Some former Ming literati, who slipped through the net during the Great Purge, planned to build an academy near Qufu in the name of establishing an academy to support literature and education. On the surface, it is no different from the Daqi Academy. In fact, All they read were the Three Cardinal Principles and the Five Constant Rules, the king and his ministers, as well as such nonsense as the sage’s heart and the desire to serve the world. These people formed a saint party (called saint eggs in Qufu dialect), and their number exceeded 10,000.
Another example is the prostitutes who were banned on the Qinhuai River and came back under various pretexts...
Acts like this, which are carried out against the red flag and carried the red flag against the red flag, can be found in every corner of Daqi, but the severity is different.
It cannot be said that everyone in the empire had plans and ambitions to overthrow the rule of the Supreme Emperor. However, at least a considerable number of officials and people showed strong dissatisfaction with the new regime from the beginning. They hated the "Qi Dynasty Land Acquisition System", hated the totalitarian system, and hated the new regime. He abolished private property and hated the great purges launched repeatedly by Emperor Wu Ding.
This kind of dissatisfaction and hatred was not obvious when the empire was basically as stable as a rock and when the empire was united as one. However, once there was any disturbance at the top, the monsters and monsters in every corner would jump out to make trouble.
Fortunately, everything is calm now, at least, on the surface.
"Don't expand the area of attack. You are sharp knives, not hammers. You can't make too many enemies..."
After Emperor Wu Ding finished speaking to Zhang Dong and Liu Xingzuo, he acted like an old man in his twilight years, clearly showing some incompetence.
The great cause has not yet been accomplished, and undercurrents are surging. Fortunately, Blind Man Ke told the Emperor's fortune and said that he would live a long life, at least two hundred years.
At least, time travelers don’t have to raise their arms and shout like Kang Mazi later, I really want to live for another five hundred years.
"Your Majesty, who should be arrested and killed this time?"
Liu Xingzuo asked cautiously.
"Those who take the lead will be spared. Those who follow behind will pick two to be killed. They will use other charges. One will be killed by the army, one will be killed by the cabinet, and one will be killed by the rear party. The provinces in the pass will not move for the time being. I will tell you. order to admonish them.”
Liu Xingzuo immediately understood that the Supreme Emperor wanted to defeat all forces and fight at the same time without defeating him.
Thinking of how the Supreme Emperor used to act vigorously and resolutely, killing gods when gods stood in the way of gods, and killing Buddhas when Buddha stood in the way of others, and now he was so hesitant and obedient, Liu Xingzuo couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
"Daqi needs to change its ways and can no longer be the same as before,"
Liu Zhaosun murmured to himself and ordered the two of them to retreat. At a certain moment, he thought about it and suddenly realized that the tyranny he had been thinking about could not solve the current problem. This country has been running for thousands of years, even if it controls and oppresses the people. In the most serious period of the Qin Dynasty, the government did not expect to do anything to the common people like Da Qi.
The time the Qin Dynasty lasted was too short. It was so short that the Qin State was destroyed by Liu Bang and Xiang Yu's roar not long after Qin II succeeded to the throne.
What about Daqi? Liu Zhaosun now has every reason to believe that when he dies, the empire will inevitably fall into pieces. A melee is inevitable. There is a lack of unified understanding among provinces, yamen, and armies, and some of the systems implemented by Qi cannot be effectively maintained.
After the death of the Supreme Emperor, a large-scale counterattack and a nationwide melee will be inevitable.
If you want to avoid this ending, you must either kill all potential enemies while alive - of course this is impossible - or reshape the out-of-control chariot from the inside so that it can continue on a somewhat normal track. OK.
Emperor Wuding's initial idea was to locate the capital directly in Junzhou and carry out large-scale expansion on the basis of the original city. This time Emperor Wuding will personally visit the construction site to inspect the construction progress of the capital. If there are no other major events, he will not Easily leave the capital of Junzhou.
Junzhou will replace Shenyang and become the headquarters of the Supreme Emperor.
As for other reforms, it is easier said than done.
Liu Zhaosun issued several holy edicts, waved his hand to Zhang Dong and Liu Xingzuo to retreat, and half-lyed on the throne to rest. He closed his eyes, but Kang Yingqian and Qiao Yiqi appeared in front of him.
"Blessings from the East."
Dongfang Zhu, the emaciated general manager, immediately stepped forward to stand by.
"I will give you a job to do. If you do it well, you will be rewarded heavily."
Dongfang Zhu had already guessed what the Supreme Emperor wanted to order, but he just faced the Supreme Emperor and bent down, appearing to be extra cautious.
"Go, go to Jize County to call back Supervisor Kang and Supervisor Qiao. This matter must be carried out in secret and cannot be known to the outside world."
Liu Zhaosun did not launch a large-scale anti-revolutionary movement, but arrested some civil servants who voluntarily confessed and surrendered.
After saying that, he looked at the southeast sky and murmured: "The imperial guards have not returned for a long time. I wonder what happened in Junzhou?"
Dongfang Zhu comforted him and said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, as long as the Fourth Corps is still there, there will be no chaos in Huguang."
Liu Zhaosun knew that this was a kind of comfort, but it may not be as easy as it sounds.
Kang Yingqian Qiao Yiqi, whom Emperor Wu Ding mentioned, is already on the road now.
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